It was an audacious heist carried out inside 10 minutes. "They have an appreciation that in the last couple of years the Chinese art market has now outstripped the United States and European art markets to become the premier art market in the world. "The thought is that if you steal some quality items – [...]
Dystopias in the past often featured Amerika (with a "k’" to reveal its true, fascistic nature) as a ravening hyperpower, firing off cruise missiles at guerrillas, and Tom Cruise in a succession of Mission Impossibles at everyone else. This year, three dystopian "issue" books have featured America the Flaccid, an enervated, impoverished, introverted dwarf of [...]
Singer Sinead O'Connor has cancelled the remaining dates of her world tour, saying she is still recovering from a "very serious breakdown". In a statement on her official website, she said she had scrapped all concerts this year due to her bipolar disorder. Her website has now been deleted along with her Twitter account. A [...]
Justin Bieber’s representative has denied that the teenage singer is ready to get engaged to his girlfriend Selena Gomez. The Chicago Sun-Times had reported that the young couple were spotted shopping for engagement rings together. "Several people close to the superstar couple say they’re convinced an engagement is in the very near future. The teen [...]
Story By: by Sylvia Poggioli Woody Allen at the Italian-language premiere of To Rome With Love, in Rome, April 13. After shooting in London, Barcelona and Paris, Woody Allen made his latest European backdrop Rome. To Rome With Love opens Friday in Italy â in Italian. The movie is a magnificent postcard of the eternal [...]
Two-thirds of US hip-hop pioneers De La Soul, proponents of a jazz-flavoured sound a world away from gangsta rap, are back, with an album. Born of a chance encounter with a pair of French producers, the pair will play at the Chillout Festival in Dubai On April 20. The album and the new duo share [...]
Douglas Gordon has become the first visual artist to have been nominated for a prize at the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards. The 45-year-old, who won the Turner Prize in 1996, has been shortlisted in the creative communication category for his film installation K364. Conductor Claudio Abbado, pianist Maurizio Pollini and composer Harrison Birtwistle [...]
A fundraising appeal is under way to keep a Viking treasure find within South Cumbria. The Furness Hoard of Viking Treasure was found a year ago at an undisclosed site by a metal detector enthusiast. Campaigners need to raise £50,000 to buy and put it on display at the Dock Museum in Barrow. The Furness [...]
This annual film festival, now in its fifth year, takes the best in creative filmmaking in the Gulf region and brings it all together in one place to both showcase local talent and encourage a culture of celluloid creativity. While there are a range of workshops for accredited visitors (most of which, in true Gulf [...]
The Los Angeles County coroner ruled that Houston’s February 11 death was an accidental drowning with the “effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use” as contributing factors. The coroner’s report stopped short of detailing what happened to Houston, but HLN’s Dr. Drew Pinsky, an addiction medicine specialist, examined the autopsy report for CNN and [...]